A Study Of Feminist Consciousnss In Buchi Emecheta’s Second Class Citizen

Abstract

Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal and social equality of the sexes. This research work dwells on feminist consciousness. The major concern is to examine and critically analyze the study of feminist consciousness in Africa, how it can put an end to sexism, sexiest exploitation and oppression and to achieve full gender equality in law and in practice. The main purpose of this study is to examine feminist consciousness in Second Class Citizen by the African dramatist Buchi Emecheta.The feminist consciousness peculiar to Buchi Emecheta in Second Class Citizen were ascertained based on textual analysis of the data. The primary source for this work is the text Buchi Emecheta in Second Class Citizen. The secondary sources include journals, internet materials, library works by other African writers. The MLA method was used for documentation. Feminism has affected women in African both positively and negatively and this is what this work aims to highlight.